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Special Issue: Blockchain, Smart Contract, and Financial Applications

Although Smart Contract was proposed two decades ago, it is now getting more attention because the advancement of blockchain made it a practical technology. Smart Contract is essentially a computer protocol that executes the terms of a computerized contract under a blockchain technology, which provides a feasible computational platform for smart contracts to take place. Technically speaking, a smart contract can facilitate, verify, and enforce the agreement of a business transaction. The potential business impacts of smart contracts are challenging existing business models, leading to fascinating research opportunities in financial applications.

This special issue is to provide a multi-disciplinary forum of FinTech research with a focus on blockchain and smart contract technology in the context of financial applications. We hope that this special issue will promote cutting-edge research in FinTech, particularly on how blockchain-driven smart contracts will reshape contemporary financial applications. We encourage studies on how to examine, design, implement, and deploy solutions based on blockchain-driven smart contracts to resolve research and practical issues in financial applications. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to) theoretical and empirical studies of: